sched_yield — yield processor
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Description
The sched_yield() system call forces the running process to relinquish the processor until it again
becomes the head of its process list. It takes no arguments.
Errors
On failure errno will be set to the corresponding value:
[ENOSYS] The system is not configured to support this functionality.
Library
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Name
sched_yield — yield processor
Return Values
The sched_yield() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the
global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
Standards
The sched_yield() system call conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (“POSIX.1”).
Debian March 12, 1998 SCHED_YIELD(2)
Synopsis
#include<sched.h>intsched_yield(void);
